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Answer exam questions as broadly as possible. One student took a social relations exam without enrolling in or auditing the course. His expansive answers drew the comment, “You almost hit the jackpot!” The course professor, who happened to be one of my favorite teachers...

Author: By Stephen J. Seligman | Title: Precepts for Freshmen | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

One of my classmates is an Olympic gold medalist. Another won a Nobel Prize. One donated enough money to the university that a building was named after him. One caused a change in the course of U.S. history. Only the first of these events was predictable during college. On the...

Author: By Stephen J. Seligman | Title: Precepts for Freshmen | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

In this case, thanks to Victoria Kennedy and Cardinal McCarrick, millions of Americans heard directly from such a papal correspondence less than two months after the fact, providing a powerful close to the day of prayer and remembrance. Kennedy wrote to the Pope about his own failing health, as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Response to Ted Kennedy's Letter: Pro Forma | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

My main challenge in setting up the panel will be getting the public to accept that there's a limited amount of health care to ration. To figure out my marketing plan, I called an Eskimo, since everyone thinks Eskimo are adorable despite the fact that they sent old people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joel Stein: If I Ran the Death Panels | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

If we jettison the gang talks, the Democratic Party can pull back together. Despite all the abuse of lawyers, guns, and money, the right wing of the Republican Party will have a rough time stopping universal healthcare legislation. Centrist Democrats will be more willing to follow the president?...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: It’s High Noon in America | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

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